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90.88 Poisson’s other distribution and a variance inequality

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2016

Nick Lord
Nick Lord*
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Tonbridge School, Kent TN9 1JP
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The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 90 , Issue 519 , November 2006 , pp. 514 - 515
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Copyright © The Mathematical Association 2006

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